《医学英语时文阅读(第1册)》由16篇文章组成，题材宽泛，涉及生活习惯与健康、生活环境与健康、当代人健康现状、疾病和疾病的传染等话题。学生们在阅读这些文章时，与作者一起，或困惑，或同感，或振奋，最终一定会有所收获。 本书中的每一篇文章后配有正误练习、词汇练习、“英译汉”和“汉译英”练习等，可帮助读者更好地理解原文，掌握更多的医学词汇，熟悉医学英语的句型特点。最后一部分的讨论题，鼓励读者进一步思考、探索，甚至与同伴争辩、争论，以引起共鸣。

Passage One Your Smartphone May Be Making You Fat
Passage Two 10 Tips for Choosing Athletic Shoes. Proper-fitting Shoes Make All the Difference Whether You Walk or Run
Passage Three Why Lack of Sleep May Weaken Vaccine Effectiveness
Passage Four Why Even Healthy People Should Watch Their Salt Intake
Passage Five Seven Daily Sins
Passage Six Research in China Finds Air Pollution Significantly Shortened Life Expectancy
Passage Seven Is Your Kitchen Microwave Safe?
Passage Eight Just Too Loud
Passage Nine Depressed? It May Boost Your Diabetes Risk
Passage Ten Scientists Detail Alzheimer's Progression, Step by Step
Passage Eleven Office Stress: His Vs. Hers
Passage Twelve It's Tough at the Top to Gain a Classical State of Fitness
Passage Thirteen Traveler's Health
Passage Fouteen Gastroenteritis in Adults
Passage Fifteen Following the Flu Fighters. True Stories of the Swine Flu Pandemic Passage One  Your Smartphone May Be Making You Fat
Passage Two  10 Tips for Choosing Athletic Shoes. Proper-fitting Shoes Make All the Difference Whether You Walk or Run
Passage Three  Why Lack of Sleep May Weaken Vaccine Effectiveness
Passage Four  Why Even Healthy People Should Watch Their Salt Intake
Passage Five  Seven Daily Sins
Passage Six  Research in China Finds Air Pollution Significantly Shortened Life Expectancy
Passage Seven  Is Your Kitchen Microwave Safe?
Passage Eight  Just Too Loud
Passage Nine  Depressed? It May Boost Your Diabetes Risk
Passage Ten  Scientists Detail Alzheimer's Progression, Step by Step
Passage Eleven  Office Stress: His Vs. Hers
Passage Twelve  It's Tough at the Top to Gain a Classical State of Fitness
Passage Thirteen Traveler's Health
Passage Fouteen Gastroenteritis in Adults
Passage Fifteen  Following the Flu Fighters. True Stories of the Swine Flu Pandemic
Passage Sixteen  The Sobering Connection Between Obesity and Heart Disease
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